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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Games where survival stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
All Quiet in the Trenches
Core gameplay revolves around keeping squad alive and managing scarce resources under threat.
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+4.0
Astrometica: Prologue
Core gameplay revolves around managing oxygen, health, and resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Atom Zombie Smasher
Central theme is survival against zombie hordes, managing resources and defense to stay alive.
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+4.0
Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
Players must manage resources and defend bases to survive waves of enemy fluid and timed threats.
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+4.0
Death Must Die
Players must avoid death, manage health, and overcome threats through skillful play and gear optimization.
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+4.0
Farlanders
Players manage scarce resources and environmental challenges to keep colony alive and growing.
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+4.0
Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
Focus on avoiding danger and surviving the night against an intruder.
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+4.0
Kingdom Two Crowns
Core gameplay involves defending against threats, managing resources, and surviving waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Lost For Swords
Players must manage limited resources and avoid failure through careful planning and survival tactics.
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+4.0
Nimble Quest
Players must avoid death by managing health and avoiding collisions; survival is key.
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+4.0
Pirate's Gambit
Players must manage resources and overcome threats to survive runs, emphasizing risk and endurance.
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+4.0
Risk of Rain Returns
Players must manage resources, avoid death, and overcome threats to progress.
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+4.0
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
Includes survival mode with waves of enemies requiring resource and health management to stay alive.
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+4.0
Shadow Corridor
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding enemies, managing resources, and surviving hostile environments.
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+4.0
Subterror
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving rising challenges.
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+4.0
Talking Tom Gold Run
New modes emphasize survival through avoiding elimination and hazards, adding pressure to stay alive.
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+4.0
Tallowmere
Players must avoid death through careful resource and health management; permadeath and traps create survival…
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+4.0
Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
Players must avoid failure, manage resources, and protect their task force from enemy attacks.
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+4.0
Tesla vs Lovecraft
Gameplay centers on avoiding death and managing resources to survive increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
The Floor Above
Players must avoid lethal anomalies and survive through careful observation and timing.
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+4.0
The Riftbreaker
Core gameplay involves defending bases against waves of enemies and managing resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Tower Factory
Players must survive waves of enemies and manage resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
Players must manage resources and avoid unit losses to survive difficult missions.
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+4.0
Bardbarian
Core gameplay involves defending the town crystal against increasingly strong enemy waves to survive.
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